EPC rating and sold prices in East of England
In East of England, homes rated EPC C or better sold for 2% more per square metre than D–G homes (median £3,537 vs £3,458, 1,060,238 sales since 2015), but like for like the difference is +0.2% (95% range −0.1% to +0.6%): the EPC band itself is not reflected in sale prices here (random sample of 300,000 sales). Data: HM Land Registry to 30 September 2026, EPC register.
+0.2%like-for-like premium of C+ (95% range −0.1% to +0.6%)
+2%raw gap per m² (before like-for-like)
238postcode districts
From the raw gap to like-for-like
| Comparing C+ with D–G homes… | Difference | 95% range |
|---|---|---|
| Raw gap per m² (medians) | +2% | — |
| Whole price, nothing held equal | +1.4% | +1.0% to +1.8% |
| Same floor area | +1.6% | +1.3% to +1.9% |
| + same property type | +3.0% | +2.8% to +3.3% |
| + same build period | +3.6% | +3.2% to +3.9% |
| + same year of sale | +0.2% | −0.1% to +0.6% |
The first row compares median prices per m²; the second compares whole prices; each later row adds one more thing that must be equal, ending with the like-for-like premium (regression of log price; build period from the certificate, 12 bands). The raw gap per m² and the whole-price gap differ because C+ and D–G homes differ in size.
Postcode districts in East of England
| District | Area | Sales | Raw gap | Like-for-like | Sectors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL1 | St Albans | 6,940 | −10% | −1.0% | 5 |
| AL10 | Welwyn Hatfield | 3,418 | +2% | +1.9% ▲ | 3 |
| AL2 | St Albans | 3,729 | −1% | −0.1% | 3 |
| AL3 | St Albans | 4,649 | −10% | −0.5% | 5 |
| AL4 | St Albans | 4,437 | 0% | +0.9% | 3 |
| AL5 | St Albans | 5,497 | −9% | −5.3% ▼ | 5 |
| AL6 | Welwyn Hatfield | 2,005 | −2% | −1.9% | 2 |
| AL7 | Welwyn Hatfield | 5,266 | −1% | +2.0% ▲ | 4 |
| AL8 | Welwyn Hatfield | 1,948 | −4% | +1.1% | 2 |
| AL9 | Welwyn Hatfield | 1,618 | −9% | +3.4% ▲ | 3 |
| CB1 | Cambridge | 6,653 | −1% | +0.3% | 6 |
| CB10 | Uttlesford | 2,259 | +1% | +1.3% | 2 |
| CB11 | Uttlesford | 3,294 | −1% | −1.2% | 2 |
| CB2 | Cambridge | 3,313 | −13% | −4.3% | 4 |
| CB21 | South Cambridgeshire | 2,131 | +7% | +4.1% ▲ | 3 |
| CB22 | South Cambridgeshire | 3,907 | +8% | +3.2% ▲ | 5 |
| CB23 | South Cambridgeshire | 6,503 | −9% | −0.6% | 8 |
| CB24 | South Cambridgeshire | 6,832 | −3% | +0.7% | 6 |
| CB25 | East Cambridgeshire | 2,990 | +2% | +0.8% | 2 |
| CB3 | Cambridge | 1,786 | −2% | −3.4% | 2 |
| CB4 | Cambridge | 4,678 | −9% | −2.2% ▼ | 3 |
| CB5 | Cambridge | 1,609 | +11% | +0.4% | 1 |
| CB6 | East Cambridgeshire | 7,213 | +5% | +0.9% | 3 |
| CB7 | East Cambridgeshire | 5,324 | +6% | +2.6% ▲ | 2 |
| CB8 | West Suffolk | 5,626 | +1% | −2.6% ▼ | 4 |
| CB9 | West Suffolk | 5,458 | +9% | −0.3% | 4 |
| CM0 | Maldon | 3,561 | +6% | +1.9% ▲ | 2 |
| CM1 | Chelmsford | 12,072 | −2% | −2.7% ▼ | 6 |
| CM11 | Basildon | 3,216 | −1% | +0.3% | 2 |
| CM12 | Basildon | 3,854 | −1% | −0.2% | 2 |
| CM13 | Brentwood | 4,283 | 0% | −0.4% | 3 |
| CM14 | Brentwood | 4,630 | −6% | −5.1% ▼ | 2 |
| CM15 | Brentwood | 3,965 | −4% | −2.1% ▼ | 3 |
| CM16 | Epping Forest | 3,949 | −1% | −0.9% | 4 |
| CM17 | Harlow | 5,502 | 0% | −1.7% ▼ | 2 |
| CM18 | Harlow | 3,124 | +11% | +3.4% ▲ | 2 |
| CM19 | Harlow | 2,450 | +3% | +0.4% | 2 |
| CM2 | Chelmsford | 10,816 | −3% | −1.0% ▼ | 5 |
| CM20 | Harlow | 3,389 | +11% | −0.3% | 3 |
| CM21 | East Hertfordshire | 2,200 | +2% | +0.8% | 2 |
| CM22 | Uttlesford | 2,708 | +3% | +1.1% | 2 |
| CM23 | East Hertfordshire | 8,403 | −1% | −0.7% | 5 |
| CM24 | Uttlesford | 1,582 | −7% | +0.4% | 1 |
| CM3 | Chelmsford | 9,603 | +4% | −1.0% ▼ | 8 |
| CM4 | Brentwood | 1,658 | −2% | −3.5% ▼ | 2 |
| CM5 | Epping Forest | 1,638 | −1% | −3.2% ▼ | 2 |
| CM6 | Uttlesford | 5,751 | +1% | −1.7% ▼ | 3 |
| CM7 | Braintree | 8,808 | +2% | −0.7% | 6 |
| CM77 | Braintree | 2,713 | +4% | −0.7% | 3 |
| CM8 | Braintree | 7,152 | +6% | −2.4% ▼ | 3 |
| CM9 | Maldon | 6,393 | +9% | −0.5% | 4 |
| CO1 | Colchester | 3,636 | +1% | +1.3% | 2 |
| CO10 | Babergh | 8,941 | +6% | −1.6% ▼ | 7 |
| CO11 | Tendring | 3,396 | +11% | +1.5% | 2 |
| CO12 | Tendring | 4,302 | +15% | +1.7% ▲ | 3 |
| CO13 | Tendring | 3,613 | +6% | +0.4% | 2 |
| CO14 | Tendring | 1,727 | +5% | +2.0% | 1 |
| CO15 | Tendring | 9,501 | +7% | +3.6% ▲ | 6 |
| CO16 | Tendring | 5,444 | +13% | 0.0% | 4 |
| CO2 | Colchester | 6,837 | +1% | −0.5% | 4 |
| CO3 | Colchester | 7,148 | −2% | −1.3% ▼ | 5 |
| CO4 | Colchester | 9,340 | 0% | −1.7% ▼ | 5 |
| CO5 | Colchester | 5,724 | +3% | +0.4% | 4 |
| CO6 | Colchester | 4,676 | +4% | −0.2% | 4 |
| CO7 | Tendring | 7,316 | +10% | +1.7% ▲ | 5 |
| CO8 | Babergh | 330 | +3% | +3.8% | 1 |
| CO9 | Braintree | 5,036 | +8% | −1.2% | 4 |
| EN10 | Broxbourne | 2,849 | −3% | −1.2% | 2 |
| EN11 | Broxbourne | 3,555 | −1% | 0.0% | 3 |
| EN6 | Hertsmere | 4,347 | −7% | −1.3% | 5 |
| EN7 | Broxbourne | 3,562 | +5% | −0.5% | 2 |
| EN8 | Broxbourne | 5,702 | +1% | −0.7% | 4 |
| EN9 | Epping Forest | 3,717 | +6% | +1.4% ▲ | 3 |
| HP1 | Dacorum | 4,181 | +3% | +0.4% | 3 |
| HP2 | Dacorum | 5,625 | +2% | −0.1% | 4 |
| HP23 | Dacorum | 3,213 | −5% | −0.5% | 3 |
| HP3 | Dacorum | 5,563 | 0% | −0.7% | 3 |
| HP4 | Dacorum | 4,470 | −8% | −0.3% | 3 |
| IG10 | Epping Forest | 5,380 | +3% | −0.4% | 4 |
| IG7 | Epping Forest | 2,994 | +7% | −1.3% | 3 |
| IG9 | Epping Forest | 2,175 | −6% | −1.2% | 2 |
| IP1 | Ipswich | 6,287 | +7% | −0.1% | 6 |
| IP10 | East Suffolk | 474 | −1% | +0.4% | 1 |
| IP11 | East Suffolk | 6,097 | +16% | 0.0% | 4 |
| IP12 | East Suffolk | 4,707 | −1% | +3.4% ▲ | 4 |
| IP13 | East Suffolk | 3,296 | +2% | −1.1% | 5 |
| IP14 | Mid Suffolk | 8,437 | +7% | −2.0% ▼ | 6 |
| IP15 | East Suffolk | 688 | −8% | +0.9% | 1 |
| IP16 | East Suffolk | 1,462 | +17% | +1.4% | 1 |
| IP17 | East Suffolk | 2,346 | −5% | −6.9% ▼ | 3 |
| IP18 | East Suffolk | 1,072 | −11% | −6.6% ▼ | 1 |
| IP19 | East Suffolk | 2,000 | +7% | +3.8% ▲ | 3 |
| IP2 | Ipswich | 4,104 | +1% | +1.4% ▲ | 3 |
| IP20 | South Norfolk | 1,516 | −3% | −1.1% | 2 |
| IP21 | South Norfolk | 1,636 | +10% | +1.0% | 2 |
| IP22 | South Norfolk | 3,669 | +4% | −1.2% | 4 |
| IP23 | Mid Suffolk | 1,231 | +7% | −1.2% | 2 |
| IP24 | Breckland | 4,089 | +7% | −1.8% ▼ | 3 |
| IP25 | Breckland | 4,524 | +3% | +0.4% | 2 |
| IP26 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 1,492 | +6% | −0.5% | 2 |
| IP27 | West Suffolk | 3,702 | +3% | 0.0% | 2 |
| IP28 | West Suffolk | 5,206 | +3% | +2.7% ▲ | 3 |
| IP29 | West Suffolk | 1,287 | +2% | +0.3% | 2 |
| IP3 | Ipswich | 5,570 | −1% | +1.1% | 3 |
| IP30 | Mid Suffolk | 2,748 | +8% | +1.9% | 2 |
| IP31 | West Suffolk | 3,628 | +7% | +0.3% | 3 |
| IP32 | West Suffolk | 3,765 | +5% | −0.8% | 2 |
| IP33 | West Suffolk | 4,463 | +3% | −2.1% ▼ | 3 |
| IP4 | Ipswich | 6,393 | +5% | +1.3% ▲ | 5 |
| IP5 | East Suffolk | 3,498 | −7% | +0.4% | 3 |
| IP6 | Mid Suffolk | 3,880 | +5% | −3.4% ▼ | 3 |
| IP7 | Babergh | 2,357 | +9% | −3.5% ▼ | 3 |
| IP8 | Babergh | 2,333 | +7% | −2.0% ▼ | 2 |
| IP9 | Babergh | 1,934 | +11% | +2.5% | 2 |
| LU1 | Luton | 4,496 | +14% | −1.9% ▼ | 5 |
| LU2 | Luton | 8,759 | +8% | +2.0% ▲ | 4 |
| LU3 | Luton | 6,838 | +5% | +0.6% | 4 |
| LU4 | Luton | 4,582 | +6% | −1.3% | 3 |
| LU5 | Central Bedfordshire | 7,943 | +7% | −0.6% | 3 |
| LU6 | Central Bedfordshire | 6,170 | −4% | +0.3% | 3 |
| LU7 | Central Bedfordshire | 13,279 | −2% | −1.0% ▼ | 6 |
| MK40 | Bedford | 6,537 | +3% | +0.9% | 4 |
| MK41 | Bedford | 6,312 | +2% | +1.3% ▲ | 5 |
| MK42 | Bedford | 9,579 | +10% | −0.7% | 4 |
| MK43 | Bedford | 8,598 | −4% | +1.0% | 4 |
| MK44 | Bedford | 2,504 | −1% | −0.7% | 3 |
| MK45 | Central Bedfordshire | 9,681 | −2% | −0.4% | 5 |
| NR1 | Norwich | 5,788 | +5% | +1.8% ▲ | 4 |
| NR10 | Broadland | 3,798 | +7% | +1.1% | 3 |
| NR11 | North Norfolk | 3,589 | −3% | +5.9% ▲ | 3 |
| NR12 | North Norfolk | 4,165 | +2% | +5.8% ▲ | 4 |
| NR13 | Broadland | 6,187 | +7% | +1.8% ▲ | 4 |
| NR14 | South Norfolk | 5,485 | +1% | +2.0% ▲ | 3 |
| NR15 | South Norfolk | 2,438 | −1% | +1.0% | 2 |
| NR16 | Breckland | 1,890 | +4% | +0.6% | 2 |
| NR17 | Breckland | 3,871 | +3% | −0.1% | 2 |
| NR18 | South Norfolk | 4,948 | −3% | +0.7% | 2 |
| NR19 | Breckland | 3,825 | +1% | 0.0% | 2 |
| NR2 | Norwich | 4,671 | −6% | −1.5% | 4 |
| NR20 | Breckland | 3,511 | +7% | −3.5% ▼ | 3 |
| NR21 | North Norfolk | 3,028 | +6% | −0.1% | 4 |
| NR23 | North Norfolk | 500 | −12% | −3.9% | 1 |
| NR24 | North Norfolk | 825 | +16% | +0.7% | 1 |
| NR25 | North Norfolk | 2,268 | −4% | −2.9% | 2 |
| NR26 | North Norfolk | 2,082 | +7% | +1.9% | 1 |
| NR27 | North Norfolk | 2,747 | +5% | +2.2% | 2 |
| NR28 | North Norfolk | 3,239 | 0% | −0.8% | 2 |
| NR29 | Great Yarmouth | 4,053 | +4% | +0.5% | 3 |
| NR3 | Norwich | 5,773 | +8% | −0.2% | 4 |
| NR30 | Great Yarmouth | 4,810 | +19% | +1.3% | 5 |
| NR31 | Great Yarmouth | 9,133 | +22% | +1.3% ▲ | 5 |
| NR32 | East Suffolk | 7,106 | +20% | +1.6% ▲ | 5 |
| NR33 | East Suffolk | 7,165 | +12% | +2.8% ▲ | 4 |
| NR34 | East Suffolk | 3,736 | +8% | +0.1% | 4 |
| NR35 | East Suffolk | 1,909 | +10% | −3.2% ▼ | 2 |
| NR4 | Norwich | 3,875 | +1% | −1.1% | 2 |
| NR5 | Norwich | 3,824 | +1% | +1.2% | 3 |
| NR6 | Broadland | 5,022 | +3% | +1.3% ▲ | 3 |
| NR7 | Broadland | 6,874 | −1% | +1.6% ▲ | 3 |
| NR8 | Broadland | 5,101 | −8% | +1.1% | 2 |
| NR9 | South Norfolk | 4,012 | +4% | +2.4% ▲ | 3 |
| PE1 | Peterborough | 5,339 | +7% | −2.1% ▼ | 5 |
| PE13 | Fenland | 5,794 | +13% | +2.5% ▲ | 5 |
| PE14 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 3,583 | +6% | +2.4% ▲ | 4 |
| PE15 | Fenland | 6,136 | +8% | +3.1% ▲ | 3 |
| PE16 | Fenland | 2,446 | +9% | +0.8% | 1 |
| PE19 | Huntingdonshire | 9,889 | −1% | +0.2% | 6 |
| PE2 | Peterborough | 8,946 | +5% | −1.5% ▼ | 5 |
| PE26 | Huntingdonshire | 2,394 | +12% | +2.5% ▲ | 2 |
| PE27 | Huntingdonshire | 3,668 | +3% | +0.2% | 4 |
| PE28 | Huntingdonshire | 9,717 | +6% | −1.0% | 6 |
| PE29 | Huntingdonshire | 5,723 | +3% | −1.6% ▼ | 5 |
| PE3 | Peterborough | 3,431 | +1% | −3.2% ▼ | 4 |
| PE30 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 6,926 | +7% | −0.4% | 5 |
| PE31 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 4,265 | +5% | −5.0% ▼ | 3 |
| PE32 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 2,421 | −1% | +1.2% | 2 |
| PE33 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 2,474 | −6% | −1.5% | 2 |
| PE34 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 2,206 | 0% | +3.8% ▲ | 2 |
| PE36 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 1,887 | +5% | −2.3% | 2 |
| PE37 | Breckland | 2,978 | +9% | +4.0% ▲ | 2 |
| PE38 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 3,498 | −6% | +1.8% ▲ | 2 |
| PE4 | Peterborough | 4,636 | +4% | −2.1% ▼ | 3 |
| PE5 | Peterborough | 197 | +1% | +3.8% | 1 |
| PE7 | Peterborough | 12,039 | +9% | −0.6% | 4 |
| RM15 | Thurrock | 4,811 | +3% | −0.1% | 3 |
| RM16 | Thurrock | 6,365 | 0% | +0.5% | 5 |
| RM17 | Thurrock | 4,359 | +2% | −0.1% | 2 |
| RM18 | Thurrock | 2,144 | +4% | +2.8% ▲ | 2 |
| RM19 | Thurrock | 1,192 | −7% | +1.9% | 1 |
| RM20 | Thurrock | 1,576 | +14% | +4.2% ▲ | 2 |
| RM4 | Epping Forest | 595 | −3% | −1.0% | 1 |
| SG1 | Stevenage | 7,965 | +7% | +0.5% | 6 |
| SG10 | East Hertfordshire | 242 | −8% | −2.1% | 1 |
| SG11 | East Hertfordshire | 1,232 | −5% | +1.0% | 2 |
| SG12 | East Hertfordshire | 5,377 | −3% | −0.2% | 4 |
| SG13 | East Hertfordshire | 3,498 | −4% | −2.7% ▼ | 2 |
| SG14 | East Hertfordshire | 3,948 | −3% | −1.0% | 3 |
| SG15 | Central Bedfordshire | 1,236 | +2% | +0.4% | 1 |
| SG16 | Central Bedfordshire | 1,710 | +11% | −1.5% | 1 |
| SG17 | Central Bedfordshire | 3,109 | +2% | +0.2% | 1 |
| SG18 | Central Bedfordshire | 6,908 | −2% | +0.8% | 3 |
| SG19 | Central Bedfordshire | 4,565 | +3% | +1.3% | 3 |
| SG2 | Stevenage | 5,993 | +6% | +0.9% ▲ | 4 |
| SG3 | North Hertfordshire | 1,332 | −1% | −1.2% | 1 |
| SG4 | North Hertfordshire | 5,114 | −2% | +0.7% | 4 |
| SG5 | North Hertfordshire | 6,879 | −8% | −4.8% ▼ | 4 |
| SG6 | North Hertfordshire | 4,752 | −11% | −1.6% ▼ | 4 |
| SG7 | North Hertfordshire | 2,104 | −1% | +0.1% | 2 |
| SG8 | North Hertfordshire | 6,867 | +1% | +0.8% | 6 |
| SG9 | East Hertfordshire | 2,329 | −1% | −3.6% ▼ | 2 |
| SS0 | Southend-on-Sea | 7,305 | +4% | −0.6% | 4 |
| SS1 | Southend-on-Sea | 4,476 | −3% | +4.4% ▲ | 3 |
| SS11 | Basildon | 3,692 | −2% | −0.3% | 2 |
| SS12 | Basildon | 3,481 | 0% | +1.2% ▲ | 2 |
| SS13 | Basildon | 2,800 | +1% | +0.8% | 3 |
| SS14 | Basildon | 3,907 | +11% | +2.5% ▲ | 3 |
| SS15 | Basildon | 5,210 | +7% | +0.3% | 3 |
| SS16 | Basildon | 4,940 | +12% | +2.1% ▲ | 3 |
| SS17 | Thurrock | 5,338 | −2% | +1.8% ▲ | 4 |
| SS2 | Southend-on-Sea | 6,004 | +3% | −2.9% ▼ | 3 |
| SS3 | Southend-on-Sea | 4,509 | +4% | −1.4% | 3 |
| SS4 | Rochford | 4,030 | +5% | +0.8% | 3 |
| SS5 | Rochford | 4,207 | +1% | 0.0% | 3 |
| SS6 | Rochford | 6,065 | +2% | +0.5% | 3 |
| SS7 | Castle Point | 9,059 | −2% | +1.9% ▲ | 5 |
| SS8 | Castle Point | 6,053 | −4% | +0.3% | 4 |
| SS9 | Southend-on-Sea | 9,640 | −4% | −1.0% | 5 |
| WD17 | Watford | 2,789 | −6% | −3.0% ▼ | 4 |
| WD18 | Watford | 3,270 | +4% | −0.2% | 4 |
| WD19 | Three Rivers | 3,973 | +3% | +2.2% ▲ | 4 |
| WD23 | Hertsmere | 4,410 | −3% | −2.7% ▼ | 4 |
| WD24 | Watford | 3,134 | −1% | +0.8% | 4 |
| WD25 | Watford | 3,833 | −5% | −1.5% ▼ | 4 |
| WD3 | Three Rivers | 6,276 | −6% | 0.0% | 8 |
| WD4 | Dacorum | 1,997 | −6% | +0.3% | 2 |
| WD5 | Three Rivers | 1,669 | −2% | −1.1% | 1 |
| WD6 | Hertsmere | 5,219 | −1% | +0.6% | 5 |
| WD7 | Hertsmere | 2,086 | −1% | −2.9% ▼ | 3 |
▲ green: premium distinguishable from zero; ▼ red: discount; plain: no measurable difference. Small areas have fewer sales, so their 95% ranges are wider.
Postcode sectors without a district page
How this is calculated
- Every standard sale (HM Land Registry Price Paid, category A) since January 2015 is matched to the latest energy certificate of the same address (postcode + house number or name + flat) lodged from 10 years before to 3 months after the sale; sales with no certificate or an ambiguous match are left out. Across England and Wales 92% of sales match.
- Price per m² uses the certificate's total floor area (15–1,000 m²).
- Like-for-like premium: regression of the log of price on “C or better”, log floor area, property type, the certificate's build period and the year of sale. The 95% range shows how precise the estimate is; when it includes zero, the data cannot tell the premium apart from none.
Caveats
- The band is the one on the certificate before the sale; certificates are a median 0.8 years old at the sale, but a quarter are over 4 years old and some homes were improved since.
- Condition, garden, parking, views and the exact position within the sector are not known; a premium could hide in them, or they could hide one.
- Individual sales and addresses are not shown.